posted 4 years ago
I don't understand why the standard method is used... Am I missing something?
I see at least three advantages to the top option.
1) A 10ft rafter is a 10ft rafter. You can cut an angle at the top to meet the ridgeboard, and still have 10ft to match your 10ft sheet of roofing. The other way, you lose a few inches to make that bottom vertical. So.. a 10ft roof sheet needs a 12ft rafter, with maybe a 20" offcut...
2) You don't need to take the time to measure, mark, and make that angled offcut, multiplied by however many rafters.
3) It catches rain just fine, judging by the shed I put up a couple years ago... but sheets of snow slide over top of it, seeming much less likely to rip the gutter off the roof.
So,is there any good reason for the 'normal' way? Clue me in!
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